Bottle.



W. LONDON.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1913.

1,073,997. Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

2 SHEET8BHEET 1.

W. LONDON.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 29, 1913.

2 SHEETBBHBET 2.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

W 5 Snow/Wot Wilnemo WILLIS LONDON, OF FRANKLIN, KENTUCKY.

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1 913.

Application filed March 29, 1918. Serial No. 767,610.

To all whom 1'1 may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIS LONDON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Franklin, in county of Simpson and State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which thefollowin is a specification.

My invention reliites to an improvement in bottles, and has to do moreparticularly with the types of bottles known as prescription bottles anddruggists shelf or dispensing bottles. With all bottles of this type,one surface is left smooth for the more ready application of the label,and in many instances this label contains written directions, and, withthe prescription bottle, the number by which the compound is identified.\Vith these bottles, the contents should be poured from the mouth at therear side, but, when holding the bottle in the right hand in a positionthat the label may be read, the most natural inclination is to pour fromthe mouth at the front of the bottle, or on that side to which the labelis aflixed. \Vhen this is done, a globule of the liquid remains on thelip surrounding the mouth of the bottle, and when the bottle is againbrought to its righted position this liquid creeps down over the frontsurface and runs on to the label, thus discoloring and destroying thelabel and in many instances effacing the directions written thereon,and, in the case of the prescription-bottle even blurring the number tosuch an extent that it is impossible to tell what figures are intended.With this type of bottle, it is also ditiicult to gage how fast theliquid will issue from the mouth. It is next to im possible to pour theliquid from the bottle in small quantities, as for instance in drops.

The object of my invention is to provide a bottle which will precludethe possibility of the liquid running down over and eflacing the label,which will prevent a globule forming at the side from which the liquldis poured when the bottle is righted running down over the surface tocollect dust and germs, and further a bottle with which a smallerportion of the liquid can be poured as readily as a large portion, andall of the liquid will be drained from the bottle when the bottle isemptied.

With these objects in view, my invention further consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts which will behereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a view in perspectivedisclosing my invention adapted to a druggists shelf or dispensingbottle, Fig. 2 is a view in top plan of this form of bottle, Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view through thebody of the bottle, Fig. 4 is avertical sectional view through the bottle, Fig. 5 is a transversevertical sectional view through the so-called prescription bottleshowing my invention applied thereto, and Figs. (5 and 7 are horizontalsectional views through the body portion of other forms which the bottlen'iight take.

The body A of the form of bottle shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and t is in themain square, and the neck 1 extends from the shoulder 2 of the bodyportion.

The front side 3 of the body portion A is made plain so that the labelmay be pasted or atfixed thereto. On the rear side, the wall 4 isdisposed angularly outwardly, so that from the inner side the wall isconcave, and the point of greatest concavity is at the center forn'iiuga collecting channel 5 vertically throughout the extent of the wall 1-.The side at merges into the shoulder 2 and joins with the neck 1. Theconcavity of the side at of the bottle is continued on through shoulder2 on that side to its point of juncture with the neck, and a collectinglead 6 is thus formed which extends from the collecting channel 5 to themouth 7 of the bottle. The shoulder 2 on the side 8 with which the side4 of the bottle connects is stopped preferably slightly below the pointat which the side 3 connects therewith, and from this point has agradual taper upwardly, as better shown in Fig. 4. By this arrangement,the shoulder 9 and the consequent; friction or holding action which isexerted upon the liquid thereby, in the standard form of bottle, isovercome, as the collecting channel 5 leads gradually into thecollecting lead 6, and the collecting lead 6 merges at an easy angleinto the mouth opening 7. t

The usual lip 10 is provided around the mouth of the bottle at the upperend of the neck; and on the rear side from a point beginning at thejuncture of the side 8 of the shoulder with the neck an enlargement orspout 11 is formed. A groove 12 is disposed radially with respect to themouth through this spout 11 to have its bottom when the bottle is in anupright positionin an approximately horizontal plane, though in someinstances it may be desirable that it slope slightly toward the mouthopening 7.

By the arrangement as described, when the bottle is tilted to pourliquid therefrom, the liquid is guided by the collecting-channel 5 tothe collecting lead 6, and the advance over the shoulder of the bottleis confined by this lead. The liquid passes over the short interveningconvex surface of the neck 1 and through the groove 12 to the bottle,spoon, or other receptacle to which it is being poured. The extreme end13 of the spout 11, where the liquid leaves the groove 12, is preferablyquite sharp, and as the liquid is carried through the groove 12 and is cnsequently passing over a very limited surface, the globule does notform as with the standard shape of bottle, and the liquid does not draindown over the surface of the bottle. Further, by having the bottom ofthe groove 12 slant slightly toward the mouth 7, if any liquid shouldremain in the groove it would drain back to the bottle-mouth.

With the bottle disclosed in Fig. 5, the neck 1 is set slightly forwardof the center of the body, and the spout 11 is thus brought within theouter contour of the body so that it is protected and the bottle is morenearly balanced. The side 8 of the shoulder is formed in a slightlydifferent manner in that it merges more gradually into the shoulder 2,which in this instance would be slightly annular; in other respects thestructures are the same, lecting channels 5', collecting lead 6, and thedischarging groove 12 being provided in vertical alinement to guide thecourse of the liquid.

In Figs. are shown. lVith these forms, however, the essential featuresof the invention remain the same, the only essential being that the side4 of the bottle, in which the collectin channel 6*- is disposed, formone part of t e Wall of the body portion and-that a sepacausing all ofthe co-l-' 6 and 7 modified forms of body rate surface 3 be left for thereception of the label.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a bottle in which the severalelements cooperate, the collccting-channel directing the liquid tosurface of the mouth carrying the liquid in a direct path across theintervening smooth space, and the roove of the spout the liquld to bedischarged therefrom, or, if it is not, to be directed back to themouth. Further all danger of the label becoming by the liquid coming incontact therewith is precluded, and as the liquid issues from the bottleonly through the groove of the spout much less of the liquid is left onthe upper side of the neck to collect dust and germs than'would be leftwith the standard design of bottle.

It will be seen that any form of stopper may be used with this bottlewithout a change in the structure, that the bottle may be graduated, asshown in Fig. 1, to read in the measure of the apothecary or in O. 0.,and that other changes may be made in the form and arrangement of theparts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure byLett-ers Patent, is

A bottle comp .ising a body portion and neck, a shoulderconnecting theneck with the body portion, a spout formed at one side of the neck andhaving the groove thereof communicating with the mouth of the bottle,that side of the body adjacent the spout provided with a collectingchannel, the shoulder above the collecting channel having a collectinglead formed therein into which the collecting channel merges, saidcollecting channel, collecting lead and spout disposed in alinement sothat as the bottle is tilted the liquid is guided to and poured from thespout.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIS LONDON.

WVitnesses:

M. S. HARRIs, GEO. B. KNAPP, Jr.

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